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Diversity of methanogens in the hindgut of captive white rhinoceroses, Ceratotherium simum

BACKGROUND: The white rhinoceros is on the verge of extinction with less than 20,200 animals remaining in the wild. In order to better protect these endangered animals, it is necessary to better understand their digestive physiology and nutritional requirements. The gut microbiota is nutritionally i...

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Autores principales: Luo, Yu-heng, Wright, André-Denis G, Li, You-long, Li, Hua, Yang, Qi-hong, Luo, Ling-juan, Yang, Ming-xian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24228793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-207